The first time I went into the house I expected it to be musty and wet. The
previous occupant hadn't been living there for like 6 months at that point. Dad
and I were very surprised to find it dry inside. Same thing this spring, nobody
had lived in the house all winter but it doesn't have any
You gotta love those old hermits up north. A buddy from college lived
in the Boston area, his dad was a school teacher (shop maybe?) and did
handyman work when he wasn't teaching. He was your basic kind of guy, a
lot of fun, did a lot of crazy shite. He knew some old hermit up in New
> Did I mention that the north wall of the kitchen has no insulation at all?
> Been like that for 30 years. My plan is to plug up the mouse holes and spray
> it with foam before we put on wall board.
Be careful. I've heard that many old uninsulated constructions were foamed,
and promptly
Oh, I almost forgot. One window has the corner broken out of it and replaced
with a piece of cracker box. Caldon told me "Oh, the kids were throwing a ball
around and broke that. His youngest daughter is my age, so the window has been
broken some 30 years or more...
-Curt
On Monday, May
He said "If I needed hot water I put a pan of water on the stove."
Of the electric stove he said "I'm afraid of that. I still used it, but I'm
afraid of it."
Did I mention that the north wall of the kitchen has no insulation at all? Been
like that for 30 years. My plan is to plug up the mouse
A Real Man don't need no hot water. If you do you put a kettle on the
woodstove.
Take pics and post them!
--FT
On 5/17/21 9:57 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I went up to the vast northern estate last week to deliver the tractor and prep
some things for next week when the whole
